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The Institute for Mental Health and School of Law, University of Nottingham, have announced their second UK Mental Disability Law Conference and put out a call for papers. Mental disability law (including both mental health law and mental capacity law) in the UK and Ireland have come into its own in recent years, and there is…

Reading the recent case of Mrs P, I reflected that in recent cases about withdrawal of life sustaining treatment for people in permanent vegetative states or minimally conscious states, the courts are almost entirely basing their decisions on the ‘wishes, feelings, values and beliefs’ element of the best interests test, rather than other ‘objective’ factors…

The Law Commission is consulting on the procedure for making a will. If, like me, the thought of reading about the law on making a will sounds a bit yawntastic and the thought of actually making a will is a task that sounds even less fun than a tax return, this consultation might be easily…

The Legal Aspects of Medical Practice LLM course at Cardiff University is one of the oldest medical law masters courses in the country. This year it celebrates it’s 30th birthday with a conference and dinner on 23 September 2017. Do come along if you are interested in medical law, LAMP or are a past or present…

As many readers will know, Welsh Government has devolved powers to make social care legislation. Welsh social care law therefore differs from English social care law. However, most publications on social care law in the UK are focused solely on English law and don’t cover Welsh law, which is frustrating for social care users, advocates,…

I’ve been working on a short plain English guide to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to give to participants in my research on the Act, and posted a version here. Unfortunately, for reasons beyond my technical capabilities, some people can’t download it, so here’s an HTML version. Feel free to share, but do give me…

Last month Mr Justice Hedley, sitting in the Court of Protection, handed down a judgment in an important case concerning the responsibilities of local authorities to provide people assessed as lacking the mental capacity to consent to sex with appropriate sex education. In CH v A Metropolitan Council, Hedley J approved an award for damages…

If you care for a family member with a learning disability and live within travelling distance of Bristol, come and tell your Stories of Empowerment, and Stories of Disempowerment on Thursday 7th September. The event is organised by me (Lucy Series) and NDTi. Professional storytellers Brendan Stone and Chrissie Boham will help people tell their…

This guest post is by Allan Norman, a trained social worker and lawyer, who writes and tweets as Celtic Knot. I have been following Charlie Gard’s case with interest and sadness. I am pleased that Allan asked me to post his reflections on this case as it resonates with concerns I share about the use of ‘best…

…Yep, there’s a general election coming atcha! Don’t know who to vote for? Don’t understand the options? Struggling to fathom the reasonably foreseeable consequences of your vote in this politically volatile time? Worried you can’t retain all the information about which party wants which shade of Brexit and what other policies they stand for? Feel you…

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The Small Places blog is written by Lucy Series, you can read more about her and the blog on the 'About' page.

Blogs, including this blog, should never be relied upon as a source of legal advice. They may be out of date, inapplicable to your circumstances, or just plain wrong. If you need to find a solicitor, you could try the Law Society's find a solicitor webpage. The Mental Health Lawyers Association also list solicitors who do Court of Protection work. Some members of the Bar Pro Bono Unit do Court of Protection work.

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